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G. O. REYNOLDS & J. & W. PATERSON.

COMBINED HEADER AND THRASHER.

No. 881,723. PatentedApr. 24, 1888.

l l U Hlllll IHHHHIII Ill Witnesses lawn tars UNITED STATES PATENT@rrrca GILBERT G. REYNOLDS, JAMES PATERSON, AND YVILLIAM PATERSON, OFSTOCKTON, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINED HEADER AND THRASHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 381,723, dated April24-, 1888.

Application filed May 8, 1885. Serial No. 164,775. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GILBERT G. REY- NOLDS, JAMES PATERsoN, and WILLIAMPAT- ERSON, citizens of the United States, residing at Stocktom'countyof San Joaquin, and State of California, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Combined HarvestingMachines in which cutting andthrashing are accomplished by a continuous process, of

which the following is a specification.

The invention consists in an arrangement and construction of the framingand opera. tive parts, reducing the number of the parts heretoforedeemed necessary for such pur- 1 pose, thus diminishing the cost ofconstruction and the liability to and cost of repairs, and producing amore direct and positive application to the knife and draper of thepowerderived from the same shaft that drives the thrashing mechanism, therebydiminishing friction and increasing the certainty of action in a moreperfect manner than has heretofore been attained. \Ve attain theseobjects by the mechanism illustrated in the ac- 2 companying drawing,which is a plan of the whole machine.

B is the main frame, consisting of the l0ngitudinal bars I) b I),properly connected togethcr at their front and rear ends; and A the goheaderframe, carrying the knife and draper, consisting of therearwardlyextending bars f f f, properly connected, preferably in atriangular form, and united to the main frame by means of theheader-asleeand the shaft 9,

5 to which it is pivoted.

k is the drive-wheel, supporting the main frame in conjunction with thewheels Z and m.

sis the thrasher, actuated from the drivewheel in by means of thegear-wheels y, o, and

11:, having a clutch, a, for throwing them out of gear.

The header A, having its knife b, draper c, and reel d, is pivoted onthe axle e at ff and on the shaft at f, in the manner hereinafter 5stated. The axle e, carrying at its outer end the header-wheel Z, isrigidly attached to the main frame 13, so as to bring the headerwheel asnear abreast of the drive-wheel as the gearing between them will permit,and well toward the outer side of the header, so as to throw the weightof the machine, as far as practicable, upon the drive-wheel,andseparating those wheels as widely as practicable to diminish theirregularitypfmovement over uneven ground.

The header-frame is pivoted upon the axle e, and upon the shaft g at-ffand at f, in such manner as to give it the proper elevation and upwardand downward play, the axes of the pivots being in the same straightline with the axis of the shaft 9, mounted on the main frame B, havingthe bevel-pinion h engaging with the bevel-pinion i, which actuates theknife I), draper c, and reel 63, the radius being the same whether theheader is elevated or depressed. The shaft 9 is connected with thedrive-wheel k by means of the gearingg o, and with thepiniononthethrashershaft by means of the spur-wheel w.

The rear of the machine is supported by the swivel-wheel m, which is soplaced as to prop erly supportthe rear end of the frame.

0 is the tongue.

We do not claim the header or thrasher separate or combined, nor the useof a drivc- Wheel, header-wheel, or swivel-wheel; but

What we do claim as our invent-ion, and desire to secn re by LettersPatent of the United States, is

1. In a heading-machine, the combination 3 of the main frame 13, theshaft g, mounted transversely therein, the driven-heel Jr, and the axlee, projecting from the main frame, and the header-frame pivoted on theshaft 9, and the axle e, the pivots on the axle being 8 in line with theaxis of the shaft 9, the knife I), and the draper c, constructed andoperating substantially as herein described.

2. In a combined header and thrasher, the combination of the main frame,the shaft g, mount-ed transversely therein, the drivewheel is, and theaxle e, projecting from the main frame, the pivots on said axle being inline with the axis of the shaftg, and the headerframe pivoted on theshaft 5!, the knife Z1, the 5 draperc, and the thrasher s, substantiallyas herein described.

GILBERT G. REYNOLDS. JAMES PATERSON. WILLIAM PATEBSON.

"Witnesses:

T. 0. Marion, HAHN.

